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In this recent court case, electrician John Baverstock successfully contested a will that left him disinherited from his mother's...

The High Court of Justice recently addressed the admissibility of settlement details in the case of Adnan Omanovic v Shamaazi Ltd and...

A lineal descendant of Henry VIII's wife, Jane Seymour, is seeking to remove the trustees of his family's wealth after he was left...

The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the long awaited appeal of Hirachand v Hirachand. The unanimous decision of the...

I was asked to offer up some tips on how private equity investments are treated in a divorce scenario and I am delighted my comments have...

The case of Bond v Webster centred around the validity of a will signed in 2019 by Reginald Bond, known by family and friends as Reg....

It is a rare occurrence when the court determines that a will should be overturned, having found that undue influence has been exercised...

The recent case of Leeson v McPherson serves as a reminder of the melancholy importance of the Forfeiture Act 1982, which prevents those...

The court has provided guidance on how to protect personal representatives in potentially insolvent estates in Wedgwood v Hosein and...

The High Court has (sensibly) decided that a text message sent by a man shortly before his death was sufficient to satisfy the test for a...

Some interesting commentary here from The Times about the case of Dawn Webb, who inadvertently revoked her Will by getting married,...

It’s a basic legal principle that a criminal shouldn’t be able to benefit from their crime. Just so, at a crossroads where civil and...